Driving Age laws
A webquest by Keith Martin

Use the rubric below to have the power to control your grade on this project!

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In the DMVNV link, answer the following questions:
1] Is this site neutral or biased and what evidence supports your answer?
2] Drivers Education Laws/Population Requirements determine whether a high school student must have formal instruction in order to obtain a license. How do these requirements effect you?
3] What are the requirements in Nevada to obtain a Learner’s Permit?
4] What is the law regarding a driver’s vision?
5] What are the driving restrictions for teenagers in Nevada?

In the iihs.org link, answer the following questions:
6] Is this site neutral or biased and what evidence supports your answer?
7] New drivers, especially those younger than 18 have elevated crash rates. Why is this true?
8] Describe one other fact from this site and detail why you find it interesting.

In the ncls.org link, answer the following questions:
9] Is this site neutral or biased and what evidence supports your answer?
10] Which age group has the highest fatal crash risk and what evidence supports this?
11] States started using Graduated Drivers Licensing in 1996. What evidence exists that shows that this has made the roads safer and what may be the explanation for this?
12] What are the sources of data used by this website?

In the nhtsa.dot.gov link, answer the following questions:
13] Is this site neutral or biased and what evidence supports your answer?
14] According to this site, what are the three leading causes of death for ages 15-20?
15] What are the sources used to gather this data?
In the ntsb.gov folder, click on the icon and answer the following questions:
16] Is this site neutral or biased and what evidence supports your answer?
17] About what percent of teen driving happens after sunset and about what percent of teen fatalities happen during the hours of darkness? What conclusions can be drawn from these facts?
18] This site makes six recommendations. Pick the one you can agree with the most, explain it in your own words, and state why you agree with it.

If you ‘cut & paste’ or copy information from any source you MUST properly cite the source!

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Driving Age laws - Rubric

	Immerging: 1 point	Developing: 2-3 points	Mastered: 4-5 points
Introduction	barely introduces most of the paper’s content	adequately introduces most of the paper’s content or sufficiently introduces all of the paper’s content	introduces all of the paper’s content in detail
Question #1	only answers the first part	answers the first part and barely answers the second part	answers the first part and answers the second part in detail
Question #2	one effect detailed well, or two effects briefly mentioned	two effects detailed well, or three effects briefly mentioned	three effects detailed well and connection made to writer
Question #3	three or four requirements given in great detail	five or six requirements given in great detail	seven or more requirements given in great detail
Question #4	one aspect mentioned	one aspect given in full detail or both aspects mentioned	both aspects given in great detail
Question #5	two or more restrictions given in great detail or four mentioned	four or more restrictions given in great detail or six mentioned	six or more restrictions given in great detail
Question #6	only answers the first part	answers the first part and barely answers the second part	answers the first part and answers the second part in detail
Question #7	one part answer given and explained in detail	two part answer given or one part explained in detail	two part answer given and explained in detail
Question #8	fact described and opinion stated	fact described in detail or opinion stated and defended in detail	fact described in detail and opinion stated and defended in detail
Question #9	only answers the first part	answers the first part and barely answers the second part	answers the first part and answers the second part in detail
Question #10	only answers the first part	answers the first part and barely answers the second part	answers the first part and answers the second part in detail
Question #11	evidence given or brief explanation given	evidence given and brief explanation given	evidence given and explanation given in detail
Question #12	one source given	two or more sources given	four or more sources given
Question #13	only answers the first part	answers the first part and barely answers the second part	answers the first part and answers the second part in detail
Question #14	three sources given	two sources and accurate percents given	three sources & accurate percents given
Question #15	one source given	two or more sources given	four sources given
Question #16	only answers the first part	answers the first part and barely answers the second part	answers the first part and answers the second part in detail
Question #17	both percents given accurately and conclusion stated	both percents given accurately or conclusion stated in detail	both percents given accurately and conclusion stated in detail
Question #18	barely expresses viewpoint and barely explains the recommendation	adequately expresses viewpoint and adequately explains the recommendation	expresses viewpoint in detail and explains the recommendation in detail
Conclusion	barely summarizes most of the paper’s content	adequately summarizes most of the paper’s content or sufficiently summarizes all of the paper’s content	summarizes all of the paper’s content in detail
Syntax	fewer than eight errors	fewer than six errors	fewer than four errors